Earlier this week, Battlefield 6’s Season 2 launch was pushed back to February 17 to give the development team more time to implement some desired changes. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be some improvements ahead of time. Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield 6 update 1.1.3.5 will arrive on Tuesday, January 20th, and it’s bringing some good news to anyone who’s been wanting to see JetCombat get even better.
Moving forward, jet cannons’ damage against flying vehicles has been greatly reduced, and it will take “about 40% more hits” to blow a target out of the sky. However, Air Radar which was announced earlier will not be included in this update.
Melee combat was also a priority for this update, which aims to “improve the response, consistency and sprint behavior for melee attacks, including knives and sledgehammers. The attack ladder should also be more functional after this update, and the patch notes indicate that it has fixed some issues with the user interface and heads-up display in redsec and multiplayer, in addition to improved stability for battle royale and gauntlet modes.
As Season 1 expands, Battlefield Studios is adding new weekly challenges and a path to Frostfire bonuses that include hardware XP boosts, a vehicle skin, and player card customization items. Season Pass owners will also be able to get a weapon pack, an XP boost for your entire career, and more cosmetics.
The full patch notes for Battlefield 6 Season 1 Update 1.1.3.5 are below, and will go live on January 20th at 1 AM PT / 4 AM ET.
Battlefield 6 Season 1 Update 1.1.3.5 Patch Notes
Important updates for 1.1.3.5
- Reaction, consistency, and sprint behavior to melee attacks including knives and sledgehammers.
- Updated the jet fighter balance by reducing the effectiveness of the jet cannon against other air vehicles.
- Updated and improved UI and HUD in multiplayer and redsec, improved armor bar display, reticle presentation, and menu navigation.
changelog
Vehicles
Fixed an issue where vehicles could explode when a talkdown was performed on an enemy soldier lying on top of them.
Jet cannons deal less damage against other jets and helicopters, requiring about 40% more hits to destroy enemy air targets.
weapon
- Bipod attachments no longer always appear as providing a hipfire accuracy bonus, as this bonus only applies when the bipod is deployed.
- Fixed an issue where the critical 1.50x optic on the DB-12 cost less than the lower loadout points (15 instead of 25).
- Fixed an issue where RPKM iron sights would shoot less when using shorter barrels.
- Fixed an issue where the TR-7 Light Barrel incorrectly improved acceleration.
- Fixed biped mount input behavior for alternate, lefty alternate, southpaw, and legacy southpaw presets so that the biped mount now follows the melee button.
- Improved attack speed for knife melee attacks.
- Improved buffering behavior for knife and sledgehammer attacks.
- Consistency of melee damage timing against enemies and environments.
- Improved consistency of recoil modifiers when using the controller in different weapons.
- Improved how spirits are interrupted when performing melee attacks. Sprint is now interrupted only until the attack reaches the attack instead of the full duration of the animation.
- At firing range, target dummies can now take damage while bouncing back.
- A small aperture emits a flash when shooting with a suppressor only at close range.
Gadget
- Fixed an issue where GDPIs were not destroyed when targeted by XFGM-6D recon drones, defibrillators, or a repair tool.
- Fixed an issue where sniper decoys did not properly hide the scope’s flash from nearby snipers.
Attack ladder
- Fixed an issue where the ladder above the player could not be entered.
- Fixed an issue where soldiers could be launched unexpectedly when trying to enter a ladder.
- Improved soldier animations while climbing ladders.
UI & HUD
- Added a new option allowing players to customize the reticle color within weapon and gadget scopes.
- Fixed an issue where home screen focus could lock on navigation bulletins.
- Fixed cases where the weapons menu displayed incorrect reload time stats for LMGs.
- Soldier Power improvements in the front end
- Improved front-end lighting to enhance the visual quality of soldier characters.
- The reticle color option now correctly updates reticle colors for thermal scopes and other auxiliary gadgets.
VFX and Video
- Adjust the particle effects of the explosion by reducing the shock wave force.
Redsec
weapon
- Fixed an issue where jump landing movement speed reduction in redsec behaved inconsistently compared to other multiplayer experiences.
Maps and methods
- Fixed an edge case in Gauntlet mode “Extract Data” where the drone could permanently disappear if the drives were deposited at the exact moment it was.
UI & HUD
Battle royale
- Fixed an issue where the armor bar could disappear intermittently.
- Fixed an issue where the Airburst Incendiary Launcher icon appeared as a grenade in the loot feed.
The gauntlet
- Fixed an issue where the armor bar could disappear after quickly modifying a loadout.
